Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinskiwas a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and was a leading role actor in the films of Werner Herzog, including Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Woyzeck, Fitzcarraldo, and Cobra Verde. He was also known for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns, most notably For a Few Dollars More, A Bullet for the General, The Great Silence, And God Said to Cain, Shoot the Living and Pray for the Deadand A Genius, Two Partners...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 October 1926
CountryGermany
But words - words are not enough!
I didn't choose solitude.
Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.
Sometimes my heart hurts so much, I beat it with my fists. I try to run. But you cannot run from this. It waits for you. Even when you think you have escaped it, it is there.
Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent
On working with director Werner Herzog: I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague.
I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.
At sixteen I get drafted. When I read the draft notice, I cry. Not because I'm a coward - I'm not afraid of anyone. But I don't want to kill or be killed.
You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.
If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no different. It is not my fault that I accepted one movie and turned down another. I don't see any point in defending myself, either.
I am dying of hunger.
The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake
I wish I'd never been an actor. I'd rather have been a streetwalker, selling my body, than selling my tears and my laughter, my grief and my joy.
I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague, more than ever.